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If the US Supreme Court is the first to hear a case, the Court has original jurisdiction.
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What has to happen for the Supreme Court to hear a case from a US District Court?
Generally, the US Supreme Court will hear a case from US District Court on direct or expedited appeal if:The case is of such national or constitutional importance it would clearly be appealed to and accepted by the Supreme Court anyway; orThe case involves legislation in which Congress specified appeals of District Court decisions must go directly to the Supreme Court (bypassing the Circuit Court).
What is the document the US Supreme Court makes after making a decision called?
In the Supreme Court, the written decision and legal reasoning for a case is called an Opinion.
Was Emmett Till's court case a supreme court case?
No it was not a supreme court case, but a state case because it was held in the local court
What does the Supreme Court do when it grants review of a case?
When the US Supreme Court agrees to hear a case, it issues a legal order called a "writ of certiorari" telling the lower court to send up the case files.
When the supreme court accepts a case it receives written documents called?
case files
What is it called when the supreme court hears a case that has already been heard in court?
Centarori
What did the Supreme Court called slaves?
The Supreme Court referred to slaves as property in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857.
When the Supreme Court hears a case that has already been heard in a lower-court it is called?
Centarori
When the supreme court listens to a case that has been heard by a lower court it is called?
Writ of Certiorari
What is it called when the supreme court hears a case for the first time?
When the Supreme Court is the first court to hear a case (which is very rare) it is said to have "original jurisdiction." What I think you meant was, when the Supreme Court considers an issue it has not thought about before, it is called "a matter of first impression."
What is the written opinion of the supreme court called?
The written explanation for the US Supreme Court's decision is called an opinion.See Related Questions for an expanded explanation.
When a case goes immediately to the US Supreme Court what kind of jurisdiction is invoked?
If the US Supreme Court is the first to hear a case, they are exercising original jurisdiction; if the Court hears a case directly from US District Court under appellate jurisdiction, bypassing the intermediate US Court of Appeals Circuit Court, they are exercising expedited jurisdiction (as well as appellate jurisdiction).
